VICTORVILLE — Deputies arrested a man Monday evening at the 76 gas station on Palmdale Road and Park Avenue just minutes after he stole a car, authorities sad.

San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Sgt. Ken Lutz said the driver of a silver Dodge Intrepid picked up Kali Trammel, 20, of Hollywood in San Bernardino and gave him a ride into Victorville. When the driver stopped at a gas station on 7th and D streets, Trammel told the man he wanted a ride back to San Bernardino.

Lutz said the driver told Trammel he could not take him back because he was heading to Arizona. The driver walked into the gas station and left the keys in the ignition.

Deputies said that’s when the suspect took the car and began driving away.

San Bernardino County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the call of the stolen vehicle at 5:50 p.m. and located the car five minutes later at the 76 gas station on Palmdale Road and Park Avenue.

Lutz said Trammel was arrested just after 6 p.m. on suspicion of grand theft auto and booked into the High Desert Detention Center in Adelanto.

Records show Trammel is being held on $5,000 bail and is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday afternoon.